Nebraska lawmakers have passed a bill to restore of voting rights of those convicted of felonies upon the completion of their sentences, including prison and parole time
The House voted 273 to 147 Friday in favor of reauthorizing the surveillance bill that has been exploited by the FBI hundreds of thousands of times to spy on American citizens. Only 59 Republicans reportedly voted against renewing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The bill is now headed to the Senate, where it will likely be passed before the April 19 deadline, to the great satisfaction of its champions in the Biden administration, members of the the House...
The state Senate on Tuesday passed dozens of bills on mandatory third reading, a key step before becoming law, but senators rejected one contested measure that aimed to combat an increase in animal cruelty cases in Hawaii.
A Charleston businesswoman whose fight to legalize mobile cosmetology services in South Carolina made headlines earlier this year is celebrating a major, though still incomplete, victory in the state Senate. “I’m really happy,” Ring My Belle owner Megan O’Brien told Statehouse Report after the Senate unanimously passed its mobile cosmetology bill on April 4, clearing the measure for consideration […]
The president’s moral failure in Gaza has taken on historic proportions, like Lyndon Johnson’s in Vietnam before himAmerica is big, diverse and polarized. Yet, when it comes to the war in Gaza, opinions here are converging. A Gallup poll in March found 55% of respondents “disapprove of Israel’s actions”, up from 45% in November. Among registered Democrats, the figure is 75%. As the number of citizens voting “uncommitted” in Democratic primaries makes plain, President Biden’s unqualified support...
Senator Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., joins Katy Tur for a one-on-one conversation to discuss his outlook for the 2024 presidential election and shares his thoughts on both former President Trump and President Biden.
House Speaker Mike Johnson speaks with CNN’s Jake Tapper
A bill that would ban cell phones in schools passed the Louisiana Senate and is headed to the House.
(The Center Square) – The Illinois Senate is advancing a measure to prohibit certain hotels from using single-use plastic bottles by 2026. State Sen. Laura Fine, D-Glenview, said her Senate Bill 2960 is about encouraging a change in behavior to prohibit hotels from using single use plastics. “Right now, we are putting so much plastic pollution into our waterways that it will no longer be safe for aquatic consumption and then human consumption,” Fine said. ...
A bill unanimously passed in the Senate this week for more restrictions on pornography websites has advanced in the House.
Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), the head of the powerful Senate Commerce Committee, is spearheading the upper chamber’s internal debate on what to do about the popular China-owned app
The legislation was inspired by the traumatic ordeal of the lead bill sponsor's own sister.